Our first day in Hobart, we took a long, windy car ride down to the Tasman Peninsula to board a boat headed out to Bruny Island. Bear in mind, July in Tasmania is the height of winter and even with the full-on windsuit we all donned, it was still bitterly cold. In fact, I would [...]
Tasmania on the Half Shell
September 22, 2010 By 28 Comments
I should start by being honest: I don’t eat shellfish (aside from scallops). In fact, I didn’t eat seafood at all until I moved to San Francisco and discovered what seafood should really taste like. I’m adventurous about a lot of things, but food apparently, is not one of them. And yet, when offered a [...]
Photo Friday: Hobart, Tasmania
September 10, 2010 By 13 Comments
Going into it, I had such misconceptions about Hobart. I think Tasmania, I think “Final Frontier,” I think rustic and sporadically barren and not at all the cosmopolitan city I found in Hobart, the island state’s capital. I was hardly anticipating such a thriving downtown and for there to be so many people residing there [...]
The Jewel of Tasmania
September 8, 2010 By 24 Comments
This is the occasional part of my job that I’m kind of embarrassed to talk about. You see, the whole purpose for the jaunt to Tasmania—and as quickly as we were in and out, it was just that: a jaunt—was for the opening of this uber-swank resort. A place that in my wildest dreams, I [...]
Go Wild in Tassie
September 1, 2010 By 18 Comments
When we landed in Tasmania, the driver immediately whisked us off down the road to the Bonorong Wildlife Park for our first authentic taste of the isolated Aussie state. As Tasmania is first and foremost known for its wildlife—and wildlife often not found anywhere else in the world—it was cool to see a glimpse of [...]
How I Got to Tasmania, Literally
August 18, 2010 By 12 Comments
A few of you have asked how I pick where I’m going next, so I thought I’d indulge you. As it’s not unheard of that I’m in Dubai one day, Rwanda the next and Malaysia a few weeks later, I can see how this would be confusing, particularly as I often don’t blog in chronological [...]
Photo Friday: Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania
July 30, 2010 By 15 Comments
A crested tern at Freycinet Marine Farm eyes the water… …goes in for the kill… …and comes up short. But lo! He doesn’t give up. Before I could blink twice, he lobbied for a second attempt…he shoots…he scores! A close-up of his prize. He sucked that bad boy down like he hadn’t eaten for weeks [...]
